Spare-tire holder for automobiles.



J. E. PAHLSTROM.

SPARE TIRE HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED 00m. 15, 1909.

956,954; Patented May 3, 1910.

WITNESSES:

I ATTORNEY the same time the tires may UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHAN E. FAHLSTROM, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CLIFFORD B. HICKOX, 0F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

SPARE-TIRE HOLDER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3,- 1910:

To all whom it may concern;-

Be it known that I, JOHAN E. FAHL- STROM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of F airfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new -and useful Improvements in Spare-Tire Holders for Automobiles; and I do declarethe following to' be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in spare tire holders for automobiles, and has for its object to provide a simple, effective and durable means for holding such tires to the body of an automobile, while at be removed from or inserted within the holders with the greatest facility.

With these endsin view my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described a plan View showing my improvement with a air of tires contained therein, the parts being locked together so as to hold the tires securely--Fig. 2 a detail section on an enlarged scale, taken throu h the locked arts-'Fig. 3 a plan View 0 one of my tire Holders with the parts in unlocked condition, and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing my im rovement equipped with a chain instead 0 a rigid latch bar.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawing. 1 is a back bar whose outer end is curved and terminates in a hook 2, and 3 is a collar around said bar and capable of sliding freel 4 1s a latch bar or strap whose rear end is pivoted at 5 to the collar 3 and whose outer extremity terminates in a hook 6.

7 is a locking lever one extremity of which is formed into any suitable handle 8 while the other end terminates in ahook 9, and this lever is connected with the latch bar through the medium of a link 10 which is pivoted within the hooks 6 and 9. The rear of this lever 10 immediately opposite the hook 9 is formed into a cam 11 which cooperates with the inner surface of the hook 2 in the locking and unlocking of the parts as will be' presently explained.

I employ two of these tire holders that are secured to the body nary sockets through which the ends of the back bars extend. 13 are the tires contained within the holders.

The operation of my improvement is asof an automobile through the medium of any suitable fixtures 1 12 that are fastened at convenient locations to such body and are in the form of ordi-- 100 in lever is swung against the outer sur I face 0 the back bar as shown, the cam 11 co operating with the hook 2 so that the parts will. be held securely in lockedcondition.

The handle 8 of the locking lever may be provided with an elongated slot 14 so that said handle maybe engaged over any suit-.

able staple 15 projecting from the back bar as shown at Fig. 2, in order that any ordinary adlock may be used in connection with this staple to prevent surreptitious removal of the tires.

In order; to remove the tires from the holder the handle 8 is swung outwardly away from the back bar whereupon the cam.

freely alon the back bars so that allowance may be ma e for tires which vary in diameter, my improvement bein capable of holding both the smaller and Iar er sizes'of tires without any rattling or sha ing movement.

It will of course be readily understood that the links 10 ma be pivoted in any suitable manner directfy to the locking levers and the outer extremities of the latch bars, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to the proviion of hooks in this connection, although It eatly prefer to use such hooks since the evice may be made ch assembled with greater facility.

At Fig. 4 I have shown a latch strap comosed of a series of links 16, the upper link Eeing pivoted to the collar 3 while the lockthat are readily detachable so that links may be added to or taken out of the chaln to lengthen or shorten the same, according to the demands of the occasion. By using a chain strap as described, one, two or three tires may be readily accommodated in my improved holder.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A spare tire holder comprising a back bar having its outer end terminating in a hook, a collar slidable on said bar, a latch bar having one end pivoted to said collar and having its opposite end formed with a hook, a locking lever having a handle at one end and a hook at the other, the-back face of said hook bein extended to form a cam face which con ormably engages in said hook of the back bar, and alink connected with the hook on the latch bar and the hook on the locking lever.

2. A spare tire holder comprising a back bar havin its outer end' terminating in a hook, a co lar slidable on said bar, a latch bar having one end pivoted to said collar and havin its opposite end formed with a hook, a 100 'ng lever having a handle at one end and a hook at the other, the back face of said hook being extended to form a cam face which conformably engages in said hook of the back bar, a link connected with the hook on the latch bar and the hook on the locking lever said locking lever being formed with an opening, and a staple carried by the back bar to be received in said opening of the locking lever, said staple being adapted to receive a suitable look.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I 'oHAN E. FAHLSTROM.

Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, Jr., I M. T. LoNeDEN. 

